Oregon State Bringing Back Track and Field

[3Titles]

Oregon State is making a strong commitment to bringing back Men's and Women's Track and Field.

Note the remarks from Oregon State Coach Mike Riley:
I"t will have a great impact on football, but track has a special place for all athletes,” he said. “It brings life to a university. Every athlete is interested in track. A lot of football players we recruit, they may never participate in track again. but they like the idea, ‘What if I could continue to compete?"

A little more bluntly Stated by former coach Sam Bell:

"They should have shot the athletic director who dropped it,” said Bell, 83, who was on hand for Tuesday’s ceremony. “I’m serious. There are idiots who sit in athletic directors’ chairs at times, and he was one of them.

“Any school that doesn’t have track and field is admitting it is a second-rate institution. It’s the center ring of the Olympic Games — always has been, always will be. To give that up, with the number of the kids who have gone to the Olympics from Oregon State, was ridiculous.”

Full article here:
http://portlandtribune.com/sports/story ... 7324398300

[NavyCrimson]

Makes a difference when you can benefit from the BS-bcs loot.

[Water Pony]

It is easier when you are at the BC$ money trough, but we never should have given up Men's Track & Field.

[ponyboy]

No we shouldn't have. Bring it back.

[Dark Horse]

Do the right thing - bring back track.
And build a track that allows SMU to host meets!